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Abstract Starch isolated from sweet potato was subjected to different levels of HMT at 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 %. HMT showed negligible effect on the swelling power of starch. The swelling power was decreased with the increasing of the initial moisture content of the starch. The apparent amylose contents of HMT starches decreased from 24.11 % to 20.56 % with the initial moisture content increasing from 15 % to 35 %. The pasting temperatures enhanced from 73.1 to 81°C (p < 0.05) with the rapidly digestible starch (RDS) contents decreasing from 86.97 to 70.24 % (p < 0.05). Avrami equation analysis showed that HMT reduced the rate of starch retrogradation. The Avrami exponents of native and HMT-35 starches were 0.70 and 0.98 with the recrystallization rates 0.22 and 0.10, respectively. HMT could restrain the starch retrogradation and these results could provide theoretical guidance on sweet potato starch modification.